• NASCAR driver Jason Leffler killed in New Jersey crash

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died from injuries suffered when his car slammed into the wall of a dirt raceway in New Jersey, state police said. The crash occurred during a race at the Bridgeport Speedway in Logan township in southern New Jersey, near Philadelphia, state police spokesman Sergeant Adam Grossman said. Leffler, 37, of Huntersville, North Carolina, was rushed to the Crozier Hospital in Chester, Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced dead at 9:02 p.m., police said. The raceway calls itself the "Fastest Dirt Track in the East. ... More »NASCAR driver Jason Leffler killed in New Jersey crash

  • Brazil police say 8 firemen evaded duty at deadly nightclub blaze - TV

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian police accused eight firefighters of dereliction of duty for their alleged failure to enforce fire codes at a nightclub where a January 27 blaze resulted in the deaths of 242 people, the Record TV network reported on Wednesday. The accused, all men, were responsible for inspections of the Boate Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, a university town in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul. The firemen were also responsible for making sure the club's fire prevention and escape plans met local codes. ... More »Brazil police say 8 firemen evaded duty at deadly nightclub blaze - TV

  • Brazil police say eight firemen evaded duty at deadly nightclub blaze: TV

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian police accused eight firefighters of dereliction of duty for their alleged failure to enforce fire codes at a nightclub where a January 27 blaze resulted in the deaths of 242 people, the Record TV network reported on Wednesday. The accused, all men, were responsible for inspections of the Boate Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, a university town in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul. The firemen were also responsible for making sure the club's fire prevention and escape plans met local codes. ... More »Brazil police say eight firemen evaded duty at deadly nightclub blaze: TV

  • Pennsylvania girl who got lung transplant after judge's order out of surgery

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    (Reuters) - The mother of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl with cystic fibrosis, who only became eligible for an adult organ transplant because of a judge's order, said on Wednesday her daughter was out of surgery after a double-lung transplant from an adult donor and doing well. Sarah Murnaghan, who had been kept off an adult organ transplant list due to an age restriction prior to the judge's ruling, was undergoing transplant surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, said family spokeswoman Tracy Simon. ... More »Pennsylvania girl who got lung transplant after judge's order out of surgery

  • Mother says Pennsylvania girl's lung transplant a success

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    (Reuters) - A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl with cystic fibrosis who only became eligible for an adult organ transplant because of a federal judge's order is out of surgery after a double-lung transplant on Wednesday and doing well, her mother said. Janet Murnaghan wrote on Facebook that her daughter Sarah Murnaghan was recovering in the intensive care unit after the six-hour procedure that began at 11 a.m. local time at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. ... More »Mother says Pennsylvania girl's lung transplant a success

  • Budgets rebound but states to limit spending increases

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most U.S. states are set to end this fiscal year in solid financial shape, but a report on Thursday said an array of threats including federal budget cuts and potential sales tax declines will keep state spending. The survey of states' fiscal conditions conducted by the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers found that revenues have come in stronger than expected this fiscal year, and "a number of states could finish fiscal 2013 with modest surpluses. ... More »Budgets rebound but states to limit spending increases

  • Halappanavar report to be published

    Press Association - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    The long-awaited report into the death of an Indian dentist after she suffered a miscarriage in an Irish hospital is to be published. More »Halappanavar report to be published

  • Desperate Blackhawks send Game One into overtime

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    (Reuters) - Dave Bolland and Johnny Oduya scored third period goals as the Chicago Blackhawks rallied to tie the Boston Bruins 3-3 and send Game One of the Stanley Cup Final into overtime on Wednesday. Leading 2-1 on two Milan Lucic goals, Boston struck first again in the third on a Patrice Bergeron powerplay to restore a two-goal cushion. But the desperate Blackhawks refused to fold, Bolland cut Boston's advantage to one before Johnny Oduya's blast ricocheted from the skate of Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference past Tuukka Rask to level the game at 3-3. ... More »Desperate Blackhawks send Game One into overtime

  • Jellyfish sting ends Australian woman's record swim from Cuba to U.S.

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel abandoned her quest to become the first person to make the 103 mile (166 km) swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, after she was severely stung by a jelly fish on Wednesday night. McCardel, 28, gave up the attempt after 11 hours in the water due to a "severe debilitating jelly fish sting," her support team said in a statement. "Chloe is now on one of the support vessels heading to Key West. She will spend the next 24 hours recuperating before deciding on her plans going forward," the statement said. ... More »Jellyfish sting ends Australian woman's record swim from Cuba to U.S.

  • NHL-Desperate Blackhawks send Game One into overtime

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    (Adds third period) June 12 (Reuters) - Dave Bolland and Johnny Oduya scored third period goals as the Chicago Blackhawks rallied to tie the Boston Bruins 3-3 and send Game One of the Stanley Cup Final into overtime on Wednesday. Leading 2-1 on two Milan Lucic goals, Boston struck first again in the third on a Patrice Bergeron powerplay to restore a two-goal cushion. But the desperate Blackhawks refused to fold, Bolland cut Boston's advantage to one before Johnny Oduya's blast ricocheted from the skate of Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference past Tuukka Rask to level the game at 3-3. ... More »NHL-Desperate Blackhawks send Game One into overtime

  • Lululemon chairman sold stock before CEO's surprise departure

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    (Reuters) - Yogawear maker Lululemon Athletica Inc's Chairman Dennis "Chip" Wilson sold stock worth $50 million days before shares slumped on the news of Chief Executive Christine Day's surprise departure. Wilson, who founded the company in 1998 and remains its largest voting shareholder, set up the sales plan in December, the Wall Street Journal reported citing InsiderScore.com, which tracks insider trading and institutional ownership. Wilson sold 607,545 shares at $81.50 each on Friday, earning $49.5 million, according to a regulatory filing. (http://link.reuters. ... More »Lululemon chairman sold stock before CEO's surprise departure

  • US girl gets lung transplant after political firestorm

    AFP - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    A 10-year-old American girl whose dire need for a lung transplant catapulted her into the political spotlight underwent potentially life-saving surgery after a donor was found. More »US girl gets lung transplant after political firestorm

  • Judge approves FDA plan to drop limits on morning after pill

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    By Karen Freifeld and Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. district court judge on Wednesday approved a U.S. Food and Drug Administration plan to allow unrestricted sales of Plan B One-Step, a one-pill version of the emergency contraception drug. Judge Edward Korman of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, said the FDA proposal was "sufficient" to comply with his order to make emergency contraception widely available. ... More »Judge approves FDA plan to drop limits on morning after pill

  • Military doctors urged to refuse force-feeding at Guantanamo

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - U.S. military doctors should refuse orders to force-feed hunger strikers at the Guantanamo detention camp because it violates their ethical obligations, two doctors and a medical ethics professor wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. "Force-feeding a competent person is not the practice of medicine; it is aggravated assault," the trio said in an article posted on the website of the respected medical journal. ... More »Military doctors urged to refuse force-feeding at Guantanamo

  • Woods the player to beat at rain-softened Merion

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    By Mark Lamport-Stokes ARDMORE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Merion Golf Club has been linked with some of the most iconic moments in championship golf and Tiger Woods will aim to add a chapter of his own at this week's U.S. Open where he is a heavy favorite. A host of other players can lay claim to being genuine contenders for the year's second major, which begins on Thursday, but Woods is widely viewed as the likeliest winner based on his outstanding record and the often dominant form he has shown this season. ... More »Woods the player to beat at rain-softened Merion

  • Jury selection in slaying of Florida teen drags into third day

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Florida searched for a third day on Wednesday for potential jurors unaffected by blanket media coverage of last year's killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. Six jurors in Seminole County criminal court will decide the fate of George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer who claims self-defense in the February 26, 2012, shooting death of Martin. Jury selection began on Monday and has been moving slowly with only 20 potential jurors making it through the first round of questioning. ... More »Jury selection in slaying of Florida teen drags into third day

  • PREVIEW-Golf-Woods the player to beat at rain-softened Merion

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    By Mark Lamport-Stokes ARDMORE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Merion Golf Club has been linked with some of the most iconic moments in championship golf and Tiger Woods will aim to add a chapter of his own at this week's U.S. Open where he is a heavy favourite. A host of other players can lay claim to being genuine contenders for the year's second major, which begins on Thursday, but Woods is widely viewed as the likeliest winner based on his outstanding record and the often dominant form he has shown this season. ... More »PREVIEW-Golf-Woods the player to beat at rain-softened Merion

  • Mandela responding better to treatment: South Africa's Zuma

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela was responding better to treatment in hospital on Wednesday morning after a "difficult last few days", South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said. Mandela, South Africa's first black president, was rushed to a Pretoria hospital on Saturday in a "serious but stable" condition suffering from a recurring lung infection. He was spending a fifth day under the care of its doctors. "We are very happy with the progress that he is now making," Zuma said in a speech to parliament. ... More »Mandela responding better to treatment: South Africa's Zuma

  • Southern Baptists condemn Boy Scouts policy on gays

    Reuters - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    By Amanda Orr HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday voted to voice opposition to the Boy Scouts of America decision to admit gay members, saying that homosexual conduct is contrary to a scout's oath to do his duty to God. The Southern Baptists, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, approved a non-binding resolution opposing the policy at its annual convention in Houston. The resolution requires no action by member churches but leaves them to decide individually whether to stop sponsoring scout troops. ... More »Southern Baptists condemn Boy Scouts policy on gays

  • Speed up spending cuts - watchdog

    Press Association - Thu, Jun 13, 2013

    Government needs to accelerate the pace of change in the way it works to ensure spending cuts over the coming years lead to lasting reductions in the cost of public services, Whitehall's value-for-money watchdog has said. More »Speed up spending cuts - watchdog

  • Doctors 'can opt out' of tables

    Press Association - Wed, Jun 12, 2013

    Doctors will be given the opportunity to opt out of new league tables assessing their performance, it has emerged. More »Doctors 'can opt out' of tables

  • Greeks strike over state TV closure as backlash grows

    Reuters - Wed, Jun 12, 2013

    By Karolina Tagaris and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek workers will stage a nationwide strike on Thursday, forcing hospitals to work on emergency staff and disrupting transport, in protest against the "sudden death" of state broadcaster ERT, switched off in the middle of the night by the government. Greece's two biggest labor unions plan to bring much of the near-bankrupt country to a standstill during the 24-hour strike against Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's decision to close down ERT, which they describe as "coup-like move... to gag unbiased information. ... More »Greeks strike over state TV closure as backlash grows

  • Merion's unusual wickers intrigue players, test caddies

    Reuters - Wed, Jun 12, 2013

    By Mark Lamport-Stokes ARDMORE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - They look like giant red lollipops on red-and-white sticks and, for first time visitors at the Merion Golf Club for this week's U.S. Open, they stick out like sore thumbs. They are the unusual wicker baskets which perch atop steel sticks here instead of the traditional flags, a quirk allegedly inspired by what course architect Hugh Wilson saw on a visit to Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England. ... More »Merion's unusual wickers intrigue players, test caddies

  • Golf-Merion's unusual wickers intrigue players, test caddies

    Reuters - Wed, Jun 12, 2013

    By Mark Lamport-Stokes ARDMORE, Pennsylvania, June 12 (Reuters) - They look like giant red lollipops on red-and-white sticks and, for first time visitors at the Merion Golf Club for this week's U.S. Open, they stick out like sore thumbs. They are the unusual wicker baskets which perch atop steel sticks here instead of the traditional flags, a quirk allegedly inspired by what course architect Hugh Wilson saw on a visit to Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England. ... More »Golf-Merion's unusual wickers intrigue players, test caddies

  • Greece mourns death of Olympic canoe athlete

    Reuters - Wed, Jun 12, 2013

    By Graham Wood ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek canoeing champion Andreas Kiligkardis died on Wednesday after losing his battle against leukaemia. The 37-year-old had been in a coma since last Tuesday at a hospital in Poland - where he was participating in the world championship - after collapsing and being found unconscious in his hotel room. Kiligkaridis, a father of two, had not shown any signs of health problems and a few days before the world championship he had undergone routine medical tests that had shown nothing of concern. ... More »Greece mourns death of Olympic canoe athlete

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